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johnboy wrote:there's an easy fix to that... cut the cord, and sell it for scrap. hahaha

The thought had crossed my mind , but probably result in temporary trail closing. Was actually planning to move it off the trail on that downhill on my next lap but started raining and was also cold so I went home.

Trail conditions for Tuesday September 17, 2013: The mountain bike trail at Pontiac Lake is dry, unobstructed, and loose as of 5 PM. Adjustments have been made to treefall around mile 7. The first adjustment is in the middle of the corkscrew, also known as the gully. The fallen tree has been removed and riders are directed up on the side of the gully rather than thru the middle of the gully. This is to help prevent erosion thru the center of the gully. The second fallen tree has been removed further down the "difficult" portion of the gully section, and previous trail route restored. The third fallen tree removed is on gully bypass, also marked as "easy".

There was much length of orange electrical cord (looks just like extension cord) on several sections of trail today, along with a three person crew conducting seismic testing of the shale underneath the park. Neither the crew, or the extension cord seemed to be blocking any of the trail. Just be aware that they are out there, and they do have an ATV that you may encounter on the trail.

To respond to Jody's comment on September 19th: are they going to be fracking out there? The Park Supervisor told me that there will not be fracking on the park property. There is a well head that has been drilled on the NE corner of Teggerdine and White Lake Roads intersection, so if they find shale oil (gas) under the park, they would drill sideways from outside the park.

FYI, fracking doesn't require anything to be built on the land from under which the gas is being retrieved. They could set up a rig north of Pontiac Lake Rec and frack for gas under Highland State Rec. They can drill horizontally for miles and they are drilling (supposedly) miles under the surface also.

Trail in overall good shape today. First time riding it this year and surprised how loose gravely some areas are and the exposed roots since last riding here.Still that climb at around 3 miles in sure is a lung buster. Perfect weather!

We did a bunch of trail repair yesterday mostly on the first half to take care of some of the brake bumps and fix some erosion problems.

Filled in a couple of holes before two mile hill that is always wet. Moved a couple of rocks and created a new path (right side)at the very bottom of two mile hill, First nasty descents got some holes filled. Second descent got some holes filled, root covered at the bottom, and second route opened up (left side). Long downhill before the small rock garden and sharp left had the small stump removed, drainage added and some brake bumps fixed. Descent before field and horse crossing had several roots removed.

Second half after the long bridge some holes fixed and drainage added. The rain today should help pack down some of the dirt making for good riding tomorrow. Lots of leaves down now making some of the turns just a little slippery.

Right after the 1st fork in the trail with a small sign marked "Easy" going right, the left fork descends into a steep erosion gully. The trail alternates left and right sides of the gully as it descends. At the top of the gully there used to be a white sign marked, "Danger - Slow"

I rode through there on Sunday, and the sign was lying on the ground, mostly blasted by a shotgun.